- In 2021, about one-third (32.4%) of the Black population aged 25 to 64 held a bachelor's degree or higher, which is comparable to the total 25 to 64 working-age population (32.9%).
- Nearly one-third of Black men (31.9%) and Black women (32.8%) held a bachelor's degree or higher, a significant increase from 2016 when 27.3% of Black men and 26.6% of Black women had achieved this level of education.
- Black women are increasingly obtaining a higher education. For example, within the Black graduate population, women represented 64% of 2014 to 2017 graduates with a bachelor's degree or higher.
- Educational attainment among the Canadian-born Black population aged 25 to 54 varies significantly by the place of birth of their parents. Close to half (46.4%) of the Canadian-born children of African immigrants and over one-fourth (27.4%) of the Canadian-born children of Caribbean immigrants obtained a bachelor's degree or higher. In contrast, a smaller proportion (15.9%) of the third generation or more Black population achieved the same level of education.
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